Sean Broderick covers aviation safety, MRO, and the hardware side of the airline business from Aviation Week Network's Washington, D.C. office.
Broderick's aviation career started in 1991, working for Airbus in Toulouse. His industry experience includes four years with an aviation consultancy, where he helped launch a U.S. Part 121 carrier; 12 years with the American Association of Airport Executives, where he served as editor of Airport Magazine; and 20 years in full- and part-time roles with Aviation Week writing primarily about safety and the aftermarket.
Broderick was named the 2020 Aerospace Journalist of the Year by the Aerospace Media Awards. He also shared in a 2020 Neal Award for Best News Coverage with Aviation Week Network colleagues. Broderick and Aviation Week colleague John Croft shared the 2015 Flight Safety International Cecil A. Brownlow Publication Award recognizing "significant contributions by journalists to aviation safety awareness."
He graduated from James Madison University with a B.S. in Communications ('91) and earned an M.S. in Integrated Marketing Communications ('13) from West Virginia University.
U.S. regulators started talking about overhauling Federal Aviation Regulation Part 145 in the early 1970s. In 1989, the industry got its first look at a proposed new rule. Last month, FAA published its Part 145 re-write effort as a final rule -- but the job still isn't done, and much of the repair station world isn't pleased.
FAA on July 31 ordered operators of certain Pratt&Whitney (P&W) JT8Ds to check their fleets for compressor disks that the engine maker says may have been damaged during manufacturing, and pull the suspect parts from service.
Australia's regulatory agency, in a major top-level shake-up, halved the size of its senior executive team and will lose the services of a key manager in charge of a significant regulatory initiative.
